Jerk baits are a great cold-water choice for getting black bass to bite. Walleye, striped bass and sometimes crappie will bite these lures that have a wobbling, swimming action. (NWA Democrat-Gazette ...

My favorite thing in the world may be pulling up to a popular boat ramp at 10:00 a.m. and being the only truck there. Usually, when that happens, I wonder if everyone else knows something I don’t, ...

Small ponds will be ice-fishing magnets for panfish, and bluegills and crappie should be biting on small jigs and maggots.

Alan Bland shows a Beaver Lake crappie he caught May 2 from the Pine Creek arm on the upstream end of the reservoir. The fish ...

Long, cold days and nights have allowed waterbodies to freeze over, providing safe ice fishing conditions. Many area ...

Catching big fish in the dead of winter isn’t usually easy. I don’t really care where you live. Florida Keys, you say? Sure, it’s much warmer there in February, but it’s still winter, which means it’s ...

1. In Lakeland, on Lake Hollingsworth the speck fishing at night has been good using minnows and mayfly jigs. In Tenoroc, try small domestic shiners for bass. On Picnic Lake, Lake B and Lake Crago the ...